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BY: SUNDAY ADEBAYO It is no longer news that Abdulrasheed Bawa is on his way to becoming the new chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFFC as nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari, pending the Senate’s approval. This relatively unknown young man appears to be the perfect match for …

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says it plans to vaccinate 109 million Nigerians against the coronavirus within the next two years. Faisal Shuaib, NPHCDA executive director, disclosed this at the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing, held on Monday, in Abuja. “We remain in anticipation of …

  President Muhammadu Buhari, the United States, China and governors on Monday welcomed the announcement of former Finance Minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). They said in their congratulatory messages to Okonjo-Iweala on Monday that they had no iota of doubt that …

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the new director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), says she was surprised to learn that the US administration led by Donald Trump blocked her selection as WTO DG. Speaking at her first press briefing as the incoming WTO DG, Okonjo-Iweala said she had two interviews with the …

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said policemen who allegedly brutalised #OccupyLekkiTollgate protesters at the Lekki tollgate last Saturday won’t go free. Information and Strategy Commissioner Gbenga Omotoso stated this on Monday at a media briefing organised by the Lekki Concession Company (LCC). He said Sanwo-Olu never directed the police …

The former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been appointed as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Okonjo-Iweala, whose tenure begins March 1, is the first woman and African to hold the position. Details later…

The private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has clarified that only the Federal Government, through the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) can obtain any COVID-19 vaccine for Nigeria in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The coalition also explained that the process of buying the vaccines through the …

BUA Group chairman, Rabiu The private sector-led coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has disowned the statement by the BUA group, stating that the company has purchased one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for Nigeria. In a statement issued earlier on Monday, the BUA Group had announced that it had secured one …

Nobel Laure- ate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to act fast in putting a check to the activities of herdsmen to avert another civil war. He also said the President’s silence on what he described as the illegal activities of herders across the country showed he was …

Popular Yoruba rights activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has declared he has what it takes to fight against Boko Haram without the government’s support. Igboho made this declaration in a video interview released in 2020. He said: “That which I will use in the fight against Boko Haram, …